Guide to the Baba Freeman Reston, Virginia collection C0267
Baba Freeman Reston, Virginia collection
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George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library, MS2FL4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
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Elizabeth Beckman, Amanda Menjivar
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/).
Materials created prior to 1925 are in the Public Domain. These materials have no known restrictions.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Baba Freeman Reston, Virginia collection, C0267, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Baba Freeman before 2008.
Processing Information
Processing completed by Elizabeth Beckman in June 2015. EAD markup completed by Elizabeth Beckman in June 2015. Box inventory created by Maris Tiller in June 2025. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in July 2025.
Biographical Information
Barbara "Baba" Freeman (1927-2018) and her husband Monroe "Mike" Freeman moved their family to Reston, Virginia in 1967, in the earliest days of the community's establishment. Freeman's involvement in all aspects of Reston area community affairs spanned the next several decades, and included roles in the Reston Citizen's Association, Reston youth athletics, Reston Interfaith, the Fairfax County League of Women Voters, and interest and involvement in transportation issues.
Scope and Content
The collection consists largely of papers that document transportation and community issues in Reston, Virginia. There are documents pertaining to the Reston Citizens' Association, the Reston 2000 Task Force Committee, Reston Interfaith and various other community groups with which Baba Freeman was involved or associated, or in which she had an interest. Types of documents include correspondence, memos, meeting agendas, reports, newspaper articles, maps, planning and transportation studies, and a few photographs. The records cover much of Reston's history, from the initial Reston master plan from 1966 to the discussion of expanding Metro into Reston and beyond to Dulles International Airport in 2007.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in original order.
Related Material
The Special Collections Research Center holds many other collections on the history of Reston, Virginia.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- City planning -- United States
- Freeman, Baba
- Reston (Va.)
- Reston (Va.) -- History
- Transportation -- United States
Container List
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
[Partial Inventory of Collection I]
2007-2008
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
Baba Candidate for Lake Anne District Direction Reston Association Election 2001
2001
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
RCA Voting Members - 1995, Lake Anne District
February 6, 1996
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
Memorandum from J. Hamilton Lambert, County Executive to Martha V. Pennino, Supervisor Centreville District, concerning Analysis
of Revenue from Expenditures in Reston I
1986
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
Highlights from the recommendations of the Govenor's Commission on Government Reform presented to Gov. George Allen
1994
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
[Memorandum from David T. Stitt, County Attorney, to Martha V. Pennino, Supervisor Centreville District, concerning Expansion
of Small Tax District #5,
November 7, 1986
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
[Facts About Fairfax, LWWFA Study]
March 1995
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
[Fairfax County Department of Community & Recreation Services Discussion of Inventory of County Activities, Programs, & Services
(ICAPS)]
circa 1990s-2000s
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
[HSC ICAPS Review I]
circa 2000s
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
[Correspondence from Martha v. Pennino to G. Ridgley Loux]
June 17, 1988
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
Correspondence to Joe, Marcia, Janet, & Allan
circa 1990s-2000s
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
[Governor's Congestion Relief Program, Proposed 2003]
2003
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
A System in Crisis - The Funding Shortfall for the Washington Area Transportation System
February 2001
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
[Governor Mark Warner's Congestion Relief Program-Adopted Criteria]
January 9, 2003
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
[Memo from Joe Stowers concerning Notes from breakfast meeting regarding Reston development issues]
January 7, 1998
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 16
[Correspondence from Robert B. Dix, Jr., to Joseph Stowers]
January 13, 1998
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 17
"The Region - National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board Vol. 39"
2000
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 18
[Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project Presentation - Supplemental Draft: Environmental Impact Statement & Proposed General
Plans - Revisions]
2003
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 19
Notice of Public Hearings for Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project
2003
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 20
"Plaza America" Reston & Herndon Population Study
2003
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 21
National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, Reston 2000 Committee
1998-1999
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 22
Northern Virginia 2020 Transportation Plan for Public Review & Comment
1999-2000
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 23
Letter From Vera Hannigan to Restonians
March 6, 2001
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 24
Summary of the Glade Recreation Site from Claudia Thompson-Deahl to Freeman
circa 1990s
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 25
Interpretation for Walker Nature Education Center, Reston Section of Block 2A, Tax Map 26-4 ((14)) 2A, 11450 Glade Drive
2000
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 26
YMCA of Metropolitan Washington: Current Core Programming at the Fairfax County YMCA at its Little River Turnpike Location
1995
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 27
Community Information Meeting on Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project: Supplemental Draft EIS
December 1, 2003
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 28
"On the Moves: The Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Newsletter Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement" Vol. 1, no.
8
October 2003
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 29
"Audubon Naturalist" February, 1997, Vol. 23, No. 1"
February 1997
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 30
Reston Master Plan: Transportation Plan 1989
1989
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 31
Outline of Draft Legislation, late 1990s
1990s
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 32
Proposal: The Atrium Daree Company to The Reston Community Center
October 1978
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 33
"RA Looks to Herndon for End of Rail" by Cassandra Pingree
2003
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 34
[Reston Association: Resolution in Support of a Community-Friendly Dulles Rail Transit System, Revised Draft]
November 9, 1999
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 35
[Reston Transportation Committee - Meeting Agenda February 16, 1994, 7:30 pm, 1801 Reston Parkway]
February 16, 1994
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 36
[Reston Transportation Committee - Meeting Agenda: August 8, 1995, 7:30 pm, 1801 Reston Parkway]
August 8, 1995
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 37
[Reston Transportation Committee - Meeting Agenda: October 24, 1995, 7:30 pm, 1801 Reston Parkway]
October 24, 1995
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 38
[Reston Transportation Committee - Meeting Agenda: October 9, 1997, 7:30 pm, Lake Anne School]
October 9, 1997
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 39
[Reston Transportation Committee - Meeting Agenda: November 6, 1996, 7:30 pm, Lake Anne School]
November 6, 1996
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 40
[Reston Transportation Committee - Meeting Agenda: March 24, 1997, 7:30 pm, Stowers' Residence, 11448 Waterview]
March 24, 1997
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 41
[Reston Transportation Committee - Meeting Agenda: December 4, 1996, 7:30 pm, Lake Anne School Library]
December 4, 1996
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 42
[Draft of Action List for Transportation Improvements for General Assembly Action for Congestion Reduction & Safety Improvements
- January 10, 2000]
January 10, 2000
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 43
[Reston Citizens Association Update on Transportation Committee Issues July 18, 1994 - Warner Cable Studios]
July 18, 1994
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 44
[Memo from Joe Stowers about RCA Transportation Committe meeting]
January 7, 2000
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 45
Historic Crash Summary on Lawyers Road & at Intersecting Streets between Reston Parkway & Soapstone Drive
1999
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 46
"Teen Mourned After New Year's Crash" - Washington Post
January 3, 2000
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 47
[Action September/October 1984 - Article on Construction in Reston Area]
September-October 1994
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 48
Memo from Ralph Butler to members of the RCA Board of Directors on 1996 Election
1996
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 49
Average Annual Rate of Increase over 14 years (1984-2001), 2001
2001
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 50
[Address List], late 1990s
1990s
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 51
Newspaper Clippings [Articles about Reston + its citizens], 2001
2001
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1
Dulles Toll Road HOV Information Reston Soccer Associations 1975
March 15, 1973
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 2
Reston 2000 Transportation Committee
November 22, 1999
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 3
Reston Founder's Day
April 17, 2004
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 4
Boards of Directors of RYAA Programs 1975
1978
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 5
RCA Budget FY1988
July 1987
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 6
[Memo to Reston Citizens Association from George Kain about 1998 Annual RCA Treasurer's Report], 1999
March 22, 1999
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 7
Reston Historical Trust for Community Revitalization, 1997-1998
1997-1998
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 8
The Observer's 2004 Cookbook, 2004
2004
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 9
RCA Ballot 1987
1987
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 10
Reston Master Plan
November 3, 1966
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 11
8th Congressional District [Team Ketty's Ballots], 2004
2004
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 12
Commitment to Community Access Comcast Communications of Reston Community Meeting
March 3, 2004
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 13
[Baba Freeman's Speech], circa 1990s
circa 1990s
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 14
Highlights of Planning & Zoning Committee History
October 11, 1999
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 15
The RCA's Planning & Zoning Committee Operational Specifics
August 2000
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 16
Baba Freeman's Photo [carving a pumpkin]
1995
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 17
RA Documents [Ballots for 2000]
March 5, 2000
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 18
Redevelopment [1995 Election Voter Registration]
1995
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 19
Newspaper Clipping [Obituary from Times Company Newspaper]
January 7, 2004
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 20
Letters of concern regarding various aspects of Reston, 1989-2001
1989-2001
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 21
Recreational Interests & Citizens Satisfaction with The Reston Community Center, 1995-1996
1995-1996
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 22
[Recommendation of the Chesapeaker Foundation on the Glade Stream Valley Conflict]
2000
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 23
[Inventory], circa 2007-2008
circa 2007-2008
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 24
[St. Anne's Episcopal Church Piano Recital + Master Class 1997]
March 12-14, 1997
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 25
[maps of Reston], circa 1990s-2000s
circa 1990s-2000s
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 26
[YMCA Community Advisory Task Force]
March 27, 1996
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 27
[Fairfax County Information], 1986-1999
1986-1999
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 28
Reston Museum Times
February 1998
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1
Reston 2000 Task Force Committee Reports
November 2, 1998
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 2
Reston Citizens Association (RCA): List of All RCA Board Memers '67-07
1967-2007
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 3
RCA Election Procedures, Note etc., 1987-2000
1987-2000
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 4
Reston Festival 1993 inc. Photos
1993
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 5
Washington Plaza Residents Petition to Discontinue or Move Reston Festival from Lake Anne (1978?)
circa 1978
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 6
F.I.S.H. (Reston Friendly Instant, Sym. Help) 1988-phone list
1988
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 7
Reston Historic Trust, 2001
July 19, 2001
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 8
Reston Newcommers Guide 1998 (Connection)
1998
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 9
Reston Interfaith, 2000-2002
2000-2002
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 10
Reston Community Center: Reston Parable - 1998 RCC reserendum to Rent Lake Anne Space Petition to Supervisor Robert Dix (1
page sample) re: new KCC Capital Projects
October 13, 1998
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 11
Second Public Meeting on Access to Wiehle Ave + Reston Pry Metro Stations
July 24, 2007